| Summary: | VESSEL COMES IN WITH FULL CATCH OF FISH : Nineteen Thousand Pounds Sold At Record Figure; To Split $ 4,000 After Expenses. VESSEL COMES IN WITH FULL CATCH OF FISH Nineteen Thousand Pounds Sold at Record Figure; to Split $4,000 After Expenses By E. J. DALBY A capacity catch of halibut, first craft in from the banks on a Monday morning and market supplies of fish short- this is the happy combination that brought broad smiles to the faces of Capt. Fred Sorensen, owner and master of the Seattle halibut vessel Havana, and his crew of nine yesterday. For the take of 19,000 pounds of medium halibut brought the record price for the season of 15 1/8 cents per pound and 4,000 pounds of small, large and grey sold at 14 cents, also a new high mark. Besides the halibut, the Havana had 18,000 pounds of sable fish in her holds, 5 cents per pound being received for them. So there will be something over $4,000 to divide after expenses are taken out, which will in a way compensate for the risk and hard labor from daylight till after dark, facing all sorts of weather. Since fishing is closed except in the far northern and southern areas, only the larger craft can make the long run to the Gulf of Alaska and do better than break even. There are also the fall and early winter gales to reckon with-but they are all in the day’s work. Another halibut vessel, the Jane, brought in 800 pounds which sold at 21 ½ cents straight, but the amount was too small to constitute a fair reflection of the market. The Jane also had 13,000 pounds of sable fish, which sold at 3 5/8 cents. Others of the fleet in yesterday were the Reliance, with 9,000 pounds of sable fish, selling at 4 cents, and the Viking with 6,000 pounds of sable fish which went at the same figure. TWO FIXTURES REPORTED Chartering of the Golden Kauri, an American ship of 3,474 tons net, time, one round voyage, Golf-inter-coastal trade, delivery San Francisco, prompt, by the Gulf-Pacific Line, and the Frederika Lensen, British carrier, 2,713 tons net delivery North Atlantic, redelivery U. K.-Continent, via the North Pacific, prompt, was reported yesterday. ACTIVITY IN SHIPPING A total of twenty-seven vessel movements was listed by the Merchants’ Exchange for yesterday, the number being the highest recorded since before the lumber strike. Most of the arrivals or departures were offshore, indicating that the regular fall upswing in cargo is well started. Of the total seventeen entered and ten cleared. QUILLAYUTE FLOATED Under the pull of the tug Goliah of the Puget Sound Tug and Barge Company, the Black Ball ferry Quiliayute, which grounded near Kingston in the fog yesterday morning, was freed yesterday afternoon, shortly before high tide. Undamaged, the ferry resumed her schedule on the Edmonds-Port Ludlow and Edmonds-Kingston route.
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